Chapter 126

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING ELEANOR?? LET HER GO ALREADY...." Adam pulled me back but I knew what I was doing.

"It's okay babe...." I assured him as I stood up and walked towards Natalia. My arms crossed around my chest like a tough woman, I stood there speaking to her with my eyes. She was looking back at me with states that said a lot more than words ever would. I knew she was desperate to have me with back in her company and to be honest I think I was willing to take the risk.

It was rather risky to not take the risk. I was a famous model and well known actress and I couldn't stay for long without an agency. That would weaken my stand and I would deteriorate. I needed to have a stable ground I was standing on. Now that my game had hit the roof, I had to be careful of my decisions because it may seem I have it all now and might lose it all the next second.

"Like you said, it's kill or get killed....I know that very well.....and I think am willing to give you a chance...." I said sternly...

"Okay....what's the catch??" She asked and I chuckled. She knew for sure I wasn't letting anything on the line without bait.

"That's a wise question. I have a deal....." I proposed. She raised her eyebrows in shock and immediately dropped her bag and phone. She pulled her jacket down and held her hands together.

Knowing we were only women, I decided to play the game in my favour. I walked a few steps close to her and looked her in the eye.

"Actually...the day that Elroy was attacked at his house, be had earlier asked me to meet him at a hotel in town for dinner. There, he proposed to me that he was more than capable of mitigating all the damages that had been done on my account...to the last drop....."

Upon hearing that, Natalia was shocked and am sure she already knew what I was going to ask for.

"That's .. impossible...." She mumbled under her breath but I was able to hear it.

"He promised me that. He said he left all the practical work in your hands and he was doing the office work and that's why you weren't running things as well as he expected...."

"That bastard. So he was out spreading gospels of my incapability. How dare he???...."

"If you ask me I'd say you guys are a good match. You did exactly that when you walked in....painted him black....." Adam drank from his glass of juice and I rolled my eyes in agreement.

"So that's what you want me to do???" She asked in a very disgusted way. Did I poo on myself or something??

"Exactly...and am afraid it's also in the contract that we signed way before.....?" I added as I fetched the papers which I'd been reviewing over the past days, before all this chain of catastrophic events. After my agency's response in the case with director Lane, I decided to take matters into my own hands and involved the law. I talked to my lawyer and we review the contract together with him giving me a few pointers. Meeting with Elroy was just a cherry on top of the ice cream and with or without that meeting, I was going on with my plan. Suing Star Records because of their misconduct.

I opened the khaki file that I had kept in my bag and handed it to Natalia. I pointed to her exactly where my argument lied but she, as usual, came out defensively.

"No offense but this falls under the part where you said you'd cover for it...." She replied and gave me an elated mood as she threw the contract on the table.

"True. I said I'd be responsible on an ethical stand. And just so you don't get me wrong, am not saying I'll go back on my words now....but...this is not..." I replied with my eyes fixed on her and my hands picking the contract back up and showing it to her. "When did I say, I would use this???" I flipped the page for her so she could clearly read. "You never showed me all these scenarios before. And there's something about the traveling commercial. When did I say I'd do that??"

Her face immediately turned red and I could tell I hit the spot. Her eyes were scattered all over the place, scanning each and every world to somehow find a loophole and prove me wrong.

Not today Natalia, am absolutely ready for you.

"Uh...But these are all the points you've entrusted to our company Eleanor...."

"Exactly...but I told you to do it with my consent but when did u ever give you the right to sign the contact for movies and commercials on your own???" I asked full of sass and I knew I got a nerve.

"Miss Delarue...do you have any idea in the slightest how the company suffered because of the damage you caused with Kim Lane???" I could feel the heat radiating from her and oh My God she was on fire.

"...keeping that in mind...I also noted a few more violations especially where it says 'A' must ensure that 'B''s personal life and privacy must not be violated in conjunction with her life within the entertainment industry. In which case you're A and am B...."

"Carry on....." She hissed.

"If you look at the article IV..." I began showing her another pamphlet of the only part I printed out in our code of conduct, "when "A" acts as the deputy to sign the contract in my stead, "A" must consider "B"'s physical and mental state of readiness and is not permitted to sign the contracts that oppose "B"'s expressed intent...."

"And the last article, which by far is the one am stressing the most...if an occasion to pay the third party arises due to "B"'s regulatory grounds, the total amount must be paid by party A..."

"So if I understand this clause correctly, Eleanor can receive back the company's and penalty fees she had already paid???"

"Yes my love...and so ... If you want to receive even these things, please prepare for a compensation claim lawsuit. Of which at that time, we'll proceed by the letter of the law and of course I'll receive back the payments and penalty fees. Do you want to proceed???" I asked confidently knowing if weakened this lion.

The look on her face was completely defeated and I must say I was happy to know that I'd stripped her off her pedestal.

She always walked with her nose held up high when she didn't even know who she was up against. I was no longer a human, I was a goddess!

"So ..you wanna do it that way???" Adam repeated himself and Natalia's face was obviously sweating.

"Umm...I'll get back to you...I need to revisit this with my lawyer as well...." She faked a smile and I did likewise.

"Great. You do you. My number's the same..."

"Both mobile and account...."Adam added and I smacked his leg.

"Thank you....I'll see myself out..." She got up and walked towards the door. I stood and watched as she took small steps towards her car.

"Oh...Natalia...." I called her name and she turned around to look at me.

"You asked how I was doing. Am good....am very good....." I emphasised my point and she nodded in agreement.

"I can see that..."